Consultants

Owner

Amanda Robey

Amanda is a nonprofit development professional with nearly two decades of experience helping dozens of organizations reach their fundraising potential. Her expertise is in building fundraising infrastructures as well as developing strategies for donors across multiple giving channels.

Amanda began her career in candidate fundraising, working closely with members of Congress in high-profile nationally funded campaigns while earning her bachelor’s degree in political science from Liberty University. Upon graduation, she was promoted to oversee the firm’s political campaign clients where she recruited and trained new fundraisers.

Pursuing her interest in protecting constitutional liberties, she accepted a position for the former Federal Election Commission Chairman, Brad Smith at his newly founded think tank, now called the Institute for Free Speech. Her work built the basis for a sustainable fundraising program using a highly persuasive foundation and major donor appeals, doubling the size of the organization.

Following her passion for the pro-life movement, Amanda served two stints at the Susan B. Anthony List. As the Vice President of Development, she worked to increase major donor outreach and build capacity within the department. Her efforts played a vital role in achieving the organization's most successful cycle in both fundraising and election efforts.

Before setting off on her own to form Movement Funding, Amanda served as Vice President at a nonprofit consulting firm where she helped organizations of various issue sets ranging from education reform, religious liberty, and economics to national defense. Over that time, every 12-month contract client achieved higher annual revenue than the previous year. This work encompassed many facets of fundraising including donor analysis, direct mail, foundation management, major gifts, development personnel needs, and training.

With the remainder of her time, Amanda can most likely be found at the ball field cheering on her sons or at their home in Bethesda, Maryland organizing the growing team for one of their many family adventures.

Executive Vice President

Bryant Conger

Bryant is a fundraising professional with 14 years of experience directly soliciting major gifts for two of the best growth stories in the conservative movement: Susan B. Anthony List and Young America’s Foundation.

Bryant’s fundraising expertise is focused on building relationships with high-net-worth donors that can transform an organization. Most recently, as the senior fundraiser and Director of Fundraising for the Susan B. Anthony List, Bryant successfully integrated the major gifts program that transformed Susan B. Anthony List from a $5 million dollar organization into the largest pro-life organization in the country.

An evangelist for sharing the joy of giving, Bryant continues to build a growing pipeline of philanthropists by developing new ways to communicate the impact donors make through their financial support.

Bryant graduated from the University of Arizona where he majored in watching college basketball. He is a Rotarian, a child of God, and lives in Vancouver, Washington with his wife Michal and their three children.

Senior advisor

Coley Jackson

Coley is a thirty five-year veteran of the free-market movement and has dedicated himself to helping public policy organizations across the nation more effectively advance liberty.

Prior to working with Movement Funding, Coley served as the Vice President of Development and Investor Relations at the Media Research Center. He managed the direct marketing, digital communications, donor communications, and development operations teams, as well as overseeing the investor relations, major gifts, and foundation staff.

Before Media Research Center, he ran a consulting firm for nonprofit organizations. Areas of focus were senior nonprofit management, development, communications, and grassroots mobilization. He trained organizations on how to better achieve their goals and helped them successfully affect significant policy changes at the state and federal levels.

He has held previous leadership positions at Competitive Enterprise Institute, Americans for Competitive Enterprise, Americans for Prosperity, Mercatus Center, and also worked for the NRA. Coley also spent seven years with the National Right to Work Committee in development, government relations, and communications.

He has been a regular speaker on numerous policy topics, and his work has been published in the Washington Times and Washington Examiner among others and has been a guest on dozens of radio shows. He regularly lectures on fundraising and policy topics for organizations like the Leadership Institute, America’s Future Foundation, and the State Policy Network.

Coley is originally from Nashville, Tennessee and spends his free time enjoying the shooting sports, playing guitar, and piddling around in his garage workshop.

Allison Kemp

Allison is a development professional with a decade of experience supporting nonprofit organizations. At United Way and later Vanderbilt University Medical Center, she utilized her fundraising skills to help cultivate a portfolio of major donors at the $1M level and to develop an advisory board of C-Suite executives, public figures, and influential leaders.

A highlight of her nonprofit experience was working at the Susan B. Anthony List, stewarding major gift donors to assist the team in raising $8 million for the 2016 election cycle. More recently she served as the Operations Manager at Universal Giving, which included vetting corporate client matching gift programs and managing NGO partnerships.

At Movement Funding, Allison leverages her skills to provide back-end support to major gift teams. She is deeply passionate about causes that focus on life, faith, family, and freedom.

Born and raised in Virginia, Allison currently resides in South Korea with her daughter and husband who actively serves in the US Army.